by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 22, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
This proposal is a response to the urgent need to tackle poverty in New Zealand. See the full proposal here. The proposal calls for the establishment of demarcation zones, which will isolate and separate areas for the implementation of new rules that are fit for the...
by admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
As part of the TacklingPovertyNZ project, the Institute organised a meeting with the mayors from the 2016 one-day workshops and Deputy Prime Minister Hon Bill English on Thursday, 3 November 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to share with the Minister observations...
by admin | Nov 6, 2016 | Project ForesightNZ
Patrick Nolan, Principal Advisor at the Productivity Commission, discusses New Zealand’s productivity and prosperity on day one of the three-day ForesightNZ workshop in Wellington on 27–29 April. You can watch the video of his presentation on the McGuinness...
by admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
At the TacklingPovertyNZ Gisborne workshop held on 31 August 2016, participants discussed challenges and opportunities in the local area. Six key themes and groups emerged: working families/working poor, gangs and drug users, children under 12, mental health, elderly,...
by admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
At the TacklingPovertyNZ Kaitaia workshop held on 15 September 2016, participants discussed challenges and opportunities in the local area. Six key themes and groups emerged: communication and mapping, geographic isolation, changing the poverty mind-set, grandparents...
